When Rebecca Nielsen was born on 9 September 1861, in Ålborg, Nordjylland, Denmark, her father, Laurs Laursen, was 30 and her mother, Dorthea Marie Thompsen, was 23. She married Isaac Jorgensen on 8 July 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 8 daughters. She immigrated to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1866 and lived in Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 19 March 1930, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Jorgen, Knud, Lars, Nels, Bent, Borge, Holger, Ove, Einer, Oluf.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Niels, a shortened form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). Compare Nielson , Neilsen , Nelsen , Nilsen , and Nilson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesAuthor Unknown The father of Rebecca Nielsen Jorgensen, Lars L. Nielsen, was born at Agersted Voer Sogern, Denmark on October 6, 1830, the year the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was o …
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